Teachers Perception Regarding Facial Expressions As An Effective Teaching Tool

Butt, Muhammad Naeem; Iqbal, Mohammad

doi:10.19030/cier.v4i2.4077

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“…The study has explored student's perceptions regarding impact of kinesics (facial expressions, gestures, head movements and postures) on undergraduate medical education including educational environment. Comparing with a previous study held on teachers at government secondary schools of Peshawar district of Pakistan, 16 most of our findings are same showing that kinesics have impact on students and their learning environment. Common findings are motivating learning environment due to smile on a teacher's face.…”

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“…Common findings are motivating learning environment due to smile on a teacher's face. 16 Learning environment impacts attitude, knowledge, skills, and academic achievements of medical students. 17 In contrast, our study has highlighted other aspects such as difficulty in communication and understanding lecture due to anger on teacher's face that makes the environment hostile and learning becomes burden for students.…”

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Words are just Noise, let your Actions Speak: Impact of Nonverbal Communication on Undergraduate Medical Education

Aziz

Farhan²,

Hassan³

et al. 2021

Pak J Med Sci

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Objective: To explore student’s perceptions regarding impact of kinesics (facial expressions, gestures, head movements and postures) on undergraduate medical education. Methods: A qualitative exploratory online survey was conducted from July-Sept 2020 among purposively chosen final year BDS students (n=150) of three dental colleges of Islamabad during COVID-19 lockdown phase. Semi-structured survey questions were validated and piloted before execution. Thematic analysis was performed, and consensus was built among all authors regarding findings, hence ensuring analytical triangulation. Results: Response rate was 46% (69/150). Twenty sub-themes emerged under three domains of kinesics. Participants told that ‘neutral expressions’ frequently used by teachers create ‘boring learning environment’ and ‘hesitation among students to ask questions.’ A smile of teacher imparts ‘new degree of interest in the subject’ and gives ‘freedom of expression’ to the students. On contrary, anger ‘demotivate’ students, instills ‘fear among them’, make them anxious therefore, they are ‘unable to understand lectures’ which ultimately leads to ‘loss interest in the subject’. Use of gestures by teachers creates ‘enjoyable teaching-learning process’ but movements such as clearing throat or shaky legs produce ‘constant split-second interruption’. Moreover, standing posture of teachers bring ‘interest and alertness among students’. Conclusion: Nonverbal communication can have positive or negative impact on undergraduate medical education. Therefore, teachers may start lecture with a smile and anger should be avoided to produce friendly and healthy learning environment. Faculty training is required for the effective use of nonverbal communication strategies to create an optimal learning environment for the students. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.7.4180 How to cite this:Aziz A, Farhan F, Hassan F, Qaiser A. Words are just Noise, let your Actions Speak: Impact of Nonverbal Communication on Undergraduate Medical Education. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(7):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.7.4180 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Words are just Noise, let your Actions Speak: Impact of Nonverbal Communication on Undergraduate Medical Education

Aziz

Farhan²,

Hassan³

et al. 2021

Pak J Med Sci

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“…This study has explored perceptions of key stakeholders i.e.,students and teachers regarding impact of nonverbal behavior (facial expressions, gestures, head movements and postures)of medical educators on educational environment. Findings of a previous study [14] depict that nonverbal behavior does impact undergraduate medical education. Common findings among both studies are motivating classroom environment due to happy mood of teachers and smile on their faces.…”

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Medical Educator's Nonverbal Behavior and Its Impact on Students and Educational Environment

Aziz

Majeed

Malik

2021

JUMDC

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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Nonverbal communication has been overlooked in medical education. The purpose of this study was to explore student-teacher perceptions regarding impact of nonverbal behavior of medical educators on educational environment. METHODOLOGY: A qualitative exploratory study was conducted among purposively chosen final year students (n=150) and medical teachers (n=73) from three dental colleges of Islamabad. A web-based survey concerning three domains of kinesics (Facial expressions, Gestures, Head movement and postures) was developed and validated before execution. Comparison of participant’s responses to closed-ended questions was done by applying Fisher’s Exact Test and open-ended questions were thematically analyzed. RESULTS: Response rate of students and teachers was 46% and 63% respectively. Five out of nine closed-ended questions gave statistically significant difference among student’s and teacher’s responses (p≤0.05). Twenty-seven subthemes emerged from three domains of kinesics. Students revealed that happy mood of their teachers reduces boredom in the classroom and a teacher’s smile lets them freely express anything, whereas anger produces fear among them. According to the educators a happy instructor inspires students to study and makes the environment friendly and an undemanding smile helps build a rapport with students. Moreover, positive gestures used by teachers encourage students to clarify concepts and upright posture brings energy and motivation to the classroom. CONCLUSION: A teacher’s nonverbal behavior has a profound effect on educational environment. A smile on a teacher’s face creates a friendly and fearless environment whereas anger creates barriers to communication. A happy teacher can generate a pleasant and motivating learning environment.

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“…(Participant 22) "A furious facial expression because furious people are very scary" (Participant 33) "An exhausted facial expression because an exhausted teacher is like an extinguished candle, he cannot enlighten even if he wants to" (Participant 30) "An intimidating facial expression because a teacher who educaties by intimidating creates a fear climate in the class and students become stressed out" (Participant 1) " A snob facial expression because boasting for wealth is not well received in life" (Participant 45) Table 5 shows frequencies related to facial expressions teacher candidates would want to show in classroom management during science teaching when they encounter a positive event. Ecstatic 11Content 10Happy 9Wing (4) Cute 3Proud 2Thinking (2) Talking (1) When data on Table 5 are analyzed, it could be observed 11 teacher candidates noted that they would show an ecstatic facial expression most when they encounter a very positive event in classroom management. Content (10) and happy (9) can also be considered in this category as positive moods.…”

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Effective classroom management and faces: a search for relationship

Toprak

Savas

2013

IJAR

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Classroom atmosphere is highly affected by emotions shared between teachers and students and a positive classroom atmosphere is vital for effective classroom management. As emotions are displayed through teachers' facial expressions, how they are used in different situations influence the overall effectiveness of classroom management. This study aims to reveal facial expressions preferred by teacher candidates towards class situations during science teaching. Qualitative data collection tools were used during the study and "Holistic Single Case Design" method was used. The population of the study consists of 45 science teacher candidates studying in a university in Southeast of Turkey chosen by purposive sampling method. The study revealed that teacher candidates would show happy (11 participants), ecstatic (7 participants), stoic (7 participants), talking (11 participants), serious (11 participants) and thinking (1 participant) facial expressions as such respectively. They also stated that they would show stoic (11 participants), serious (9 participants), angry (7 participants), surprised (6 participants), sad (4 participants) and intense (3 participants), scared (1 participant) and furious (1 participant) facial expressions when they encounter a negative event when they encounter a negative event as such respectively.

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Teachers Perception Regarding Facial Expressions As An Effective Teaching Tool

Cited by 7 publications

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Words are just Noise, let your Actions Speak: Impact of Nonverbal Communication on Undergraduate Medical Education

Words are just Noise, let your Actions Speak: Impact of Nonverbal Communication on Undergraduate Medical Education

Medical Educator's Nonverbal Behavior and Its Impact on Students and Educational Environment

Effective classroom management and faces: a search for relationship

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